JP2874899B2 - Book turning device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a page turning apparatus for booklets, and more particularly, to a page turning apparatus for booklets having a plurality of pages such as a bankbook. The present invention relates to an apparatus for turning pages.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, this type of page turning apparatus has a configuration as shown in FIG. This page turning device rotates a switching arm 201 by driving a motor (for example, a pulse motor (not shown)), and
2 Press the passbook P against the passbook. Thereafter, when the turning roller 202 is turned to perform a turning operation and a swelling is detected, the switching arm 201 is turned in a direction of releasing from the pressure contact and returned to the neutral position. The neutral position is the rotation axis 2 of the switching arm 201.
A disk 205 having a slit 204 fixed to 03 is detected by a transmission type sensor 206 which becomes bright when the switching arm 201 is in a neutral position by the slit 204.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) For example, in the initialization of the turning mechanism, when the switching arm is to be returned to the neutral position, the switching arm can only be in the neutral position, so the switching arm is not in the neutral position. Sometimes, there is a problem that it is not possible to determine in which direction the rotation may be made.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a book page turning apparatus capable of reliably returning the turning section for turning a page to a neutral position.

[Constitution of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention relates to a booklet page turning device for turning each sheet on a booklet obtained by binding a plurality of sheets,
A turning roller that contacts a page of the booklet and turns the page, one end of which is rotatably supported and the other end of the turning roller is rotatably supported, and the turning roller contacts a page of the booklet; A switching arm that is movable between a turning position for turning the page and a neutral position above the booklet that does not contact the page of the booklet, and a driving arm that drives the switching arm to turn the turning roller to the neutral position. And a sensor arranged to detect that the switching arm has reached the rotation limit position, wherein the switching arm is moved so that the turning roller is at the neutral position. When the position is initialized, the switching means drives the switching arm toward the rotation limit position, and the sensor detects that the switching arm has reached the rotation limit position. In this case, the switching arm is driven by a predetermined amount in the direction opposite to the rotation limit position side to rotate the switching arm so that the turning roller is at the neutral position, and then the turning roller is at the turning position. Thus, the switching arm is driven.

(Operation) In the present invention, when the position of the switching arm is initialized so that the turning roller is in the neutral position, the switching arm is driven to the rotation limit position side by the driving means, and the switching arm is rotated by the sensor. When it is detected that the switching arm has reached the limit position, the switching arm is driven by a predetermined amount in the direction opposite to the rotation limit position to rotate the switching arm so that the turning roller is in the neutral position. The turning roller can be reliably initialized to the neutral position.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail.

FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration of a booklet issuing apparatus 1 including a booklet page turning apparatus (hereinafter, referred to as “page turning apparatus”) 3 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The booklet issuing apparatus 1 accommodates passbooks (deposit passbooks) P (details will be described later) as booklets as shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b) in a folded state and sends out the books one by one. Class sending means 2, a passbook P sent from the passbook kind sending means 2, page turning processing, page turning apparatus 3 for sending to the next stage, and a passbook page turned by the page turning apparatus 3. For P, printing means 4 for printing information necessary for issuing a passbook consisting of character information, which will be described later, and information comprising a sub-seal and a signature, and sending the printed passbook P to the subsequent stage; Passbook P coming
There is provided a bonding unit 5 for taking in and performing a polymerization bonding process as described later, and a stacking process unit 6 for performing a folding process and a stacking process on the passbook P after the polymerization bonding process by the bonding unit 5.

Here, a passbook P as a booklet handled by the apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b).

This passbook P has a cover 10 and a middle sheet 11, and a cover 10, a middle sheet 11
It is constructed by binding a transparent plastic transparent member laminated piece 12 interposed therebetween, and can be folded at the binding portion.

Next, an outline of each component of the booklet issuing device 1 will be described.

In this embodiment, the character printing unit 4A of the passbook sending unit 2, the page turning device 3, and the printing unit 4 is referred to as a first stage unit, and the sub-seal / signature printing unit 4B of the printing unit 4. Is referred to as a second stage unit, and the following description will be made assuming that the bonding unit 5 and the accumulation processing unit 6 are referred to as a third stage unit.

The passbook sending means 2 includes a hopper 20, a feed roller 25 for sending the passbook P, and a first pair of transport rollers 26.

The page turning device 3 includes a page mark detection unit 30 that detects a page mark (a bar code 203, character information, and seal information similar to a conventional example) of each passbook P sent from the passbook sending unit 2; A page turning unit 31 for turning each page of the passbook P is provided.

The page mark detection unit 30 includes a second conveyance roller pair 32,
An optical reading unit 33 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 3, the cover / page turning section 31 includes a third and fourth conveying roller pairs 34 and 35, a flip-over mechanism section 36 disposed between the conveying roller pairs 34 and 35, and a passbook warpage. Part 3
7 is provided.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the turning mechanism 36 includes a support shaft 38 disposed below the center of the pair of transport rollers 34 and 35, one end of which is supported by the support shaft 38 and the other end. Arm 39, which constitutes a rotating part whose side faces the intermediate position between the pair of transport rollers 34, 35, a turning roller 40 pivotally supported on the other end side of the switching arm 39, and an axis by the support shaft 38. The supported rotating roller 41 and rotating roller 42, and the turning roller 40
A rotary drive pulley 43 (a drive pulse motor is not shown) disposed above the rotary drive pulley 43 (a drive pulse motor is not shown) disposed on the side of the support shaft 38; The first pulley stretched between the moving pulley 41 and the rotary drive pulley 43
Belt 45, the rotation roller 42 and the rotation drive pulley 44
A second belt 46 stretched between
A third belt 47 stretched over the turning roller 40, a slit 41a and a slit 41a provided on the rotation roller 41;
And a detecting means 150 including a transmission type sensor 151 disposed in the rotation area of the image forming apparatus.

The position of the slit 41a is set such that the slit 41a corresponds to the optical sensor 151 when the switching arm 39 reaches a forward rotation limit position "A" described later.

The passbook warp 37 includes a push-up swing lever 48 attached to the switching arm 39.

Then, as shown in FIG.
Is rotated in a counterclockwise direction by a pulse motor (not shown), and the rotational force is applied to the first belt 45, the rotating roller 41,
It is transmitted to the switching arm 39 via the support shaft 38, and this switching arm
39, the turning roller 43 and the push-up swing lever 48 are displaced to a forward rotation limit position indicated by "A" in FIG. Displacement angle at this time is θ _1.

A rotary drive pulley is driven by a pulse motor (not shown).
Then, the switching arm 39, the turning roller 43, and the push-up swing lever 48 are rotated in the sixth direction.
It is configured to be displaced to the reverse rotation limit position indicated by "B" in the figure. The displacement angle at this time is θ ₂ .

In the normal state, the switching arm 39 stands by at a neutral position indicated by a solid line in FIG. 3. In this state, a small current is applied to the pulse motor on the side of the rotary swinging pulley 43, and the switching torque is changed by the excitation torque. It keeps it in a stable state without swinging.

When the turning roller 40 is displaced to the forward rotation limit position "A" as described above, the slit 41a
The rotation drive roller 44 is detected by the pulse motor 51 on the side of the rotation drive roller 44 which is operated under the control of a mechanism control unit 132 as control means which operates based on the detection result. , And a turning force in the direction of the arrow is applied to the turning roller 43 via the second belt 46, the rotating roller 42, and the third belt 47 so that the passbook P
The page is turned.

In FIG. 6, 49a and 49b are a light emitting source and a light receiving element.
These components constitute the bulge detection unit 49.

Next, the printing unit 4 will be described. Printing means 4
The character printing unit 4A includes a head receiving roller 51, a character printing head 50, and a fifth transport roller pair 52 as shown in FIG.
The bar code 20 as a page mark is attached to the inner paper 11 by the character print head 50 as shown in FIG.
3. In addition to printing the name 204, the guidance information 205, and the like, the cover 10 is also printed with character information such as the branch name 206, the telephone number 207, and the bank name 208.

The sub-seal / signature printing unit 4B in the printing means 4 is the eighth
As shown in the drawing, the sixth and seventh transport roller pairs 55 and 56, the platen roller 57 disposed between the transport roller pairs 55 and 56, the thermal head 60, and the passbook P are sorted. A distribution gate 76 and the like are provided.

The adhering means 5 is used to pass the passbooks P sorted and conveyed by the sorting gate 76 of the sub-seal / sign printing unit 4B.
, A pair of eighth and ninth transport rollers 81 and 82, and a laminate section 83 disposed between the two transport roller pairs 81 and 82.

 Next, the accumulation processing means 6 will be described.

The accumulation processing means 6 includes a detection unit 91 that detects a normal or abnormal print state of the passbook P, a folding unit 92 that performs folding processing of the passbook P, and normalizes the passbook P in accordance with the detection result of the detection unit 91. , And a sorting / stacking unit 93 for sorting and collecting the abnormalities.

The detection unit 91 includes a tenth transport roller pair 94,
Cover of passbook hands P conveyed by the pair of conveying rollers
10, a reading optical system 95 for reading print information of the inner sheet 11 and the laminated piece 12 and a supporting roller 96 having a backup function facing the reading optical system 95 are provided.

The folding portion 92 is disposed at a predetermined interval (about the entire length of the passbook P in the open page state) below the eleventh transport roller pair 100 and an extension of a transport path formed by the eleventh transport roller pair 100. A pair of support shafts 101a, 101b, a pair of support arms 102a, 102b opposed to each other and symmetrically supported by both support shafts 101a, 101b, and a fold that is rotatably attached to the protruding ends of both support arms 102a, 102b. Rollers 103a, 103
b, pressing arms 104a, 104b that rotate integrally with the support arms 102a, 102b, and the folding rollers are rotatably attached to the pressing arms 104a, 104b, and each of the folding rollers.
The pressing rollers 105a and 105b brought into contact with 103a and 103b, the urging springs 106a and 106b for applying a pressing force to the pressing rollers 105a and 105b toward the folding rollers 103a and 103b, and the both folding rollers 103a and 103b. And a pair of pressure rollers 107a and 107b disposed below the intermediate position of the pressure rollers 107a and 107b.

Next, a control system of the booklet issuing device 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

The control system includes an overall control unit 121 and a first stage unit 122
, A second stage 123, and a third stage 124.

The overall control unit 121 and each of the stage units 122, 123, and 124 are connected via an interface unit 125 and a communication line, respectively, so that the stage units 122, 123, and 124 operate while transferring data such as operation commands and responses (operation results). Has become.

The overall control unit 121 includes a main control unit 126 that performs overall control,
A memory 127 storing an operation program of the device 1;
An interface unit 125 and an operation panel 128 for inputting operation information are provided.

The first stage unit 122 includes the interface unit 1
A first stage control unit 130 connected to 25, a character generator 131 controlled by the first stage control unit 130, a mechanism control unit 132 as control means of the present embodiment, and a character generator 131 are generated. A head control unit 133 for taking in character information to be printed and controlling the character print head 50, and a mechanism control unit 132
And a page mark detecting unit 30 and a cover / page turning unit 32 controlled by the control unit.

The second stage unit 123 includes the interface unit 1
25, a second stage control unit 134, a head control unit 135 and a mechanism control unit 136 controlled by the second stage control unit 134, and the thermal head 68 connected to the head control unit 135. The thermal head mechanism unit 60 and the ribbon feed unit 6 controlled by the mechanism control unit 136
2, a chucking section 63 and a platen roller 57 are provided.

The third stage 124 includes the interface unit 125
, A mechanism control unit 138 and the detection unit 91 controlled by the third stage control unit 137, and the laminating unit 83 and the folding unit 92 controlled by the mechanism control unit 138. And a sorting / stacking unit 93, and a reading optical system 95 constituting a part of the detection unit 91.

Next, the operation of the apparatus 1 having the above structure will be described mainly with reference to the operation of the page turning apparatus 3 and FIGS. 6 (a), (b), (c) and FIGS. 7 (a) to 7 (h). I will explain.

For example, the case of turning the cover 10 forward will be described. When the passbook detector 49C in the closed state detects the passbook P, the fourth transport roller pair 35 stops and the passbook P
Also stop. This state is shown in FIG.

Next, the rotation driving pulley 43 is rotated counterclockwise by a pulse motor (not shown), and the rotation force is applied to the switching arm 39 via the first belt 45, the rotation roller 41, and the support shaft 38.
The switching arm 39, the turning roller 43, and the push-up swing lever 48 are displaced to the forward rotation limit position indicated by "A" in FIG. At this time, the center of the passbook P is warped upward by rotating the push-up swing lever 48 to the left side, and the pulse motor is stopped in this state. As a result, the rear portion of the cover 10 of the passbook P is pressed against the turning roller 40 and turned easily. This state is shown in FIG. 7 (b).

As described above, the turning roller 40 is in the forward rotation limit position “A”.
At this stage, the rotation drive roller 44 is rotated in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 3 by the pulse motor on the rotation drive roller 44 side, and the second belt 46, the rotation roller 42, and the third belt 47 are rotated. The turning operation of the cover 10 of the passbook P is started by applying a turning force in the direction of the arrow to the turning roller 43 through the turning roller 43. This state is shown in FIG. 7 (c).

When the turning roller 40 further rotates in the direction of the arrow from this state, the cover 10 and the inner paper 11 bulge upward so as to block the optical path of the bulge detector 49. When the bulge is detected by the bulge detection unit 49, the pulse motor is controlled to stop the rotation of the turning roller 40. This state is shown in FIG. 7 (d).

Next, the pulse motor on the side of the rotary drive pulley 43 is rotated clockwise to return the switching arm 39 to the neutral position, and the push-up swing lever 48 is returned to the horizontal state. As a result, the rotational force of the turning roller 40 is not transmitted to the inner sheet 11,
Only the cover 10 will climb.

 This state is shown in FIG. 7 (e).

Next, the turning roller 40 is rotated counterclockwise by a pulse motor, and the swelling cover 10 is completely turned up.

 This state is shown in FIG. 7 (f).

Next, while the turning roller 40 is being rotated in the counterclockwise direction, the second and third pairs of conveying rollers 32 and 34 are moved in FIG.
The bankbook P is rotated in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. As a result, the cover 10 changes from a turned-up state to a completely opened state.

In the above, the turning operation of the cover 10 has been described as the normal turning operation. However, the operation of turning the thin paper of the middle sheet 11 is the same operation mechanically. In this case, the turning angle θ ₁ of the switching arm 39 shown in FIG. 7B is turned shallow by controlling the number of pulses of the pulse motor. By doing so, the pushing-up amount of the push-up swing lever 48 coaxially attached to the switching arm 39 is reduced, so that the amount of warpage of the passbook P is also reduced, and the turning roller 40 for the inner sheet 11 of the passbook P. Since the pressure contact force of the roller is reduced, the frictional force for turning is small, and it can be turned up lightly.

Next, initialization of the switching arm 39 to the neutral position will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 (a), 6 (b) and 6 (c).

When the initial position of the switching arm 39 is, for example, at the position C shown in FIG. 6A, the pulse motor is first rotated while monitoring the output of the optical sensor 151, and the switching arm 39 is turned counterclockwise. Move. The switching arm 39 is at the rotation limit position A
Is reached, the optical sensor 151 is illuminated by the slit 41a of the rotation roller 41, and the pulse motor is rotated in the reverse direction based on the detection result. At this time, the number of pulses required for the rotation from the rotation limit position A to the neutral position is increased By driving the motor and rotating the switching arm 39 clockwise, the sixth arm
The switching arm 39 can be made to stand by at the neutral position as shown in FIG.

By using such a detecting means 150, the rotation angle of the switching arm is governed by the number of drive pulses of the pulse motor that is the drive source of the switching arm, and for example, the switching arm is set to the neutral position in the initialization of the turning mechanism. When returning, it is necessary to provide a means for detecting the rotation limit position of the swinging rotation means of the turning roller, and use the rotation limit position as a reference position to rotate from the rotation limit position to the neutral position. By driving the pulse motor by an appropriate number of pulses, the switching arm can be reliably returned to the neutral position without increasing the number of rotation position detecting means.

FIG. 8 shows another example of the detection means 150.

The detecting means 160 shown in the figure includes first and second optical sensors 161a and 161b symmetrically arranged in a direction orthogonal to the center line at a neutral position of the switching arm 39, and a rotating arm 41.
And the first to fourth slits 41a, 41b, 41c, and 14d provided in the above.

The first and second slits 41a and 41b are provided at the forward rotation limit position A and the reverse rotation limit position B of the switching arm 39, respectively.
The third and fourth slits 41c and 4c are located at positions where 1a and 161b are clear.
1d is the optical sensor 161 at the neutral position of the switching arm 39.
a, 161b are provided at positions where the lights are bright.

Next, initialization of the switching arm 139 in which the detection means 160 is arranged will be described.

When the initial position of the switching arm 39 is, for example, the position D shown in FIG. 9A, the pulse motor is first rotated while monitoring the outputs of the optical sensors 161a and 161b,
Is rotated, for example, in a counterclockwise rotation direction. Switching arm 39
Reaches the forward rotation limit position A shown in FIG. 9 (b), the light sensor 161a becomes bright by the slit 41a, and after this detection, the pulse motor is rotated reversely and the switching arm 39 is rotated clockwise. Next, when the switching arm 39 reaches the neutral position, the optical sensor 161a
The slit 61d becomes brighter by the slit 41d, and the pulse motor is stopped by this detection, and the switching arm 39 can be made to stand by at the neutral position as shown in FIG.

When the initial position of the switching arm 39 is, for example, at the position C shown in FIG. 9D, the optical sensors 161a and 161b
While monitoring the output of, the pulse motor is rotated in the same manner as when the initial position is D, and the switching arm 39 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction to reach the neutral position, and the optical sensor 161a is turned into the slit 41c. As a result, the light sensor 161b is illuminated by the slit 41d, and by this detection, the pulse motor is stopped and the switching arm 39 can be made to stand by at the neutral position shown in FIG. 9 (e).

By using the detecting means 160 having such a configuration,
For example, when the switching arm is returned to the neutral position in the initialization of the turning mechanism, the swinging and rotating means can be reliably returned to the neutral position. Further, by providing the rotation limit position detecting means, it is possible to confirm whether the switching arm 39 can normally rotate to both the rotation limit positions. Further, since the three positions of the neutral position and the rotation limit positions in the clockwise rotation direction and the counterclockwise rotation direction are performed by two detectors, it is possible to provide efficient detection means.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above,
Various modifications are possible within the scope of the gist.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention described above, the following effects can be obtained.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, with the above-described configuration, the turning unit can be smoothly initialized, and the page turning apparatus capable of improving the processing efficiency of the page turning process can be achieved. Can be provided.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a booklet page turning apparatus capable of performing the page turning process according to the first aspect of the present invention more accurately.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic layout diagram of a passbook issuing device including an embodiment device of the present invention, FIGS. 2 (a) and (b) are perspective views and front views of the passbook, and FIG. 3 is a turning mechanism of the embodiment device. FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view showing a detecting means of the apparatus, FIG.
FIGS. 6A to 6C are block diagrams showing a control system of the booklet issuing apparatus, FIGS. 6A to 6C are explanatory diagrams showing an initialization operation of the switching arm, and FIGS. 7A to 7H are each turned over. FIG. 8 is an enlarged perspective view of another example of the detecting means, FIGS. 9 (a) to 9 (e) are explanatory views of an initialization operation of the detecting device, and FIG. 10 is a diagram of a conventional example. It is a schematic perspective view. 3 ... Page turning device, 39 ... Switching arm as rotating part, 13
2. Mechanism control unit as control means, 150, 160 ... detection means.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] An apparatus for turning pages of a booklet in which a plurality of sheets are bound, the turning roller for turning the pages in contact with the pages of the booklet, The booklet is rotatably supported on the side and rotatably supports the turning roller on the other end side, and the turning roller contacts a page of the booklet to turn the page and a booklet that does not contact the page of the booklet. A switching arm capable of moving between a neutral position above the class, a driving means for driving the switching arm to move the turning roller to a turning position and a neutral position, and a switching limit position of the switching arm. And a sensor arranged to detect that the switching arm has been reached.In the case where the position of the switching arm is initialized so that the turning roller becomes the neutral position, The switching arm is driven to the rotation limit position, and when the sensor detects that the switching arm has reached the rotation limit position, the switching arm is driven by a predetermined amount in a direction opposite to the rotation limit position. And the switching arm is rotationally driven so that the turning roller is at the neutral position, and then the switching arm is driven so that the turning roller is at the turning position. Page turning device. 2. A book-turning apparatus for turning pages of a booklet in which a plurality of sheets are bound, a turning-over roller for turning the pages in contact with the pages of the booklet; The booklet is rotatably supported on the side and rotatably supports the turning roller on the other end side, and the turning roller contacts a page of the booklet to turn the page and a booklet that does not contact the page of the booklet. A switching arm capable of moving between a neutral position above the class, a driving means for driving the switching arm to move the turning roller to a turning position and a neutral position, and rotating together with the switching arm A rotation member provided with a first position detection unit and a second position detection unit; and a first position detection unit provided on the rotation member at a rotation limit position of the switching arm in a first direction. A first sensor for detecting, and a second sensor for detecting a second position detection unit provided on a rotation member at a rotation limit position of the switching arm in a second direction, the turning roller When the position of the switching arm is initialized so as to be the neutral position, the switching means drives the switching arm to a rotation limit position side in a first direction or a second direction, and When it is detected by the first sensor or the second sensor that the switching arm has reached the rotation limit position side, the switching arm is driven in the opposite direction, and the switching arm is driven from each of the first sensor and the second sensor. When a detection output is obtained, the drive arm is stopped to cause the switching arm to wait at a position where the turning roller is at the neutral position, and then the switching arm is set so that the turning roller is at the turning position. Page turning apparatus of the booklet such that characterized in that so as to drive.